The Alfer project page 1

August 2011. Just arrived back from Spain after a 3500 mile round trip through France.There are 4 bikes in there !

I bought this Alfer in the knowledge that it did not run. The dealer who started it , didnt mention it to me when I I spoke with him prior to my journey - git x 10 !.

This is the only Alfer Trials bike in the UK. I had a hard enough time sourcing Mecatecno spares. This will certainly be tougher .

Alfer motorcycles are very hard to come by. They didnt build many of them in the first place so 20 years later you can imagine how rare they are !The Alfer in the garage prior to the strip downThe relatively unmarked sump shield showed it hadnt done a lot of work.

Its unabused and fairly original.

The spacer attached to the brake caliper wont clear the hub , therefore the rear brake pistons and pads have to be pushed back in to allow the rear wheel to be removed !

The Moto Villia engine. It was fitted to early GasGas trials bikes , but with a different capacity

The Alfer has some nice personalisations to it - like this ....

Asso have confirmed that pistons are no longer available , however KTM360 pistons can be made to work -phew !